
US judge removes China’s Xiaomi from Trump-era blacklist
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2021 - A US judge on Friday ordered Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi temporarily removed from a government blacklist barring American investment in the company.
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Washington (AFP) March 13, 2021 - A US judge on Friday ordered Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi temporarily removed from a government blacklist barring American investment in the company.
Mar 13, 2021

Beirut (AFP) March 13, 2021 - From videos of deadly air strikes to jihadist takeovers, Al-Mutez Billah's YouTube page served as a digital archive of the Syrian war until automated takedown software in 2017 erased it permanently.
Mar 13, 2021

Baghdad (AFP) March 13, 2021 - Iraqi Christians say they will never forget the joy of Pope Francis' historic visit to the country but they don't expect it to stem the minority's exodus from the country.
Mar 13, 2021

San Francisco (AFP) March 13, 2021 - US regulators on Friday listed Huawei among Chinese telecom gear firms deemed a threat to national security, signalling that a hoped for softening of relations is not in the cards.
Mar 13, 2021

Al-Bou Dor, Irak (AFP) March 13, 2021 - Hundreds of mourners attended funerals in a village north of Iraq's capital Saturday for eight people killed in attacks claimed by the Islamic State jihadist group, an AFP reporter said.
Mar 13, 2021

Paris (AFP) March 12, 2021 - Former Australian finance minister Mathias Cormann was elected Friday as the new head of the influential Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, sources told AFP, in a choice that dismayed environmental campaigners.
Mar 12, 2021

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2021 - Warships from Britain, Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia, with Sweden's air force, joined forces for an exercise in the south Baltic Sea this week.
Mar 12, 2021

Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2021 - China's plans for electoral reform in Hong Kong, coupled with the imposition of a security law, amount to a combination of punches to quell unrest in the southern city, a top Beijing official said Friday.
Mar 12, 2021

Washington (AFP) March 12, 2021 - US President Joe Biden on Friday holds the first-ever four-way summit with the leaders of Australia, India and Japan, ramping up efforts to cement alliances as concerns grow over a rising China.
Mar 12, 2021

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2021 - A U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bomber landed in Poland for the first time for a quick refueling exercise on Friday at Powidz Air Base, the Air Force said.
Mar 12, 2021

Toulouse, France (AFP) March 12, 2021 - France on Friday prepared to simulate an attack by a hostile power on one of its satellites in a war game scenario the government said is less outlandishly futuristic than it may seem.
Mar 12, 2021

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2021 - An airborne parachute exercise this week in Japan was the largest in the history of the U.S.-Japanese alliance, the U.S. Air Force reported on Friday.
Mar 12, 2021

Hong Kong (AFP) March 12, 2021 - Asian markets mostly rose Friday following more records in New York and Wall Street after Joe Biden finally signed his enormous stimulus into law, while fears over inflation and a possible interest rate hike subsided for now.
Mar 12, 2021

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2021 - A 12-day, five-nation NATO anti-submarine exercise in the Mediterranean Sea, Dynamic Manta 2021, successfully concluded last week, the U.S. Navy said on Friday.
Mar 12, 2021

Washington DC (UPI) Mar 12, 2021 - A year-long infestation of bedbugs aboard the nuclear submarine USS Connecticut has involved all feasible measures for eradication by Navy entomologists.
Mar 12, 2021

Moscow (AFP) March 12, 2021 - Russia's arms sales last year were not affected by the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic, a senior official said Friday, making it one of the country's only industries to come out unscathed.
Mar 12, 2021